Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / February 2004

G'day :)
This is a little off topic I guess because it's a wild rosella not a
pet one but I can't find a general bird group that appears
active...sorry.

Having looked around at quite a few cages, the manufacturers
'recommendations' for size of cage vs number of cockatiels seems to vary
ridiculously and so have ruled them out as unreliable guides.
A bit of reading seems to suggest a cage of approx 100 x 60 x 80 (Cms) for a

"Your actions here, insulting people requesting help, can only be injurious
to this newsgroup. You have been requested, many times, to cease and desist
this behaviour in order to save new posters and pet owners from being pushed
away, but persist in this childish behaviour. This ...

I have an African Grey named Boo-Boo.  He/she is 2 1/2 years old now.  I
have hand raised him since he was six weeks old.  He is sweet, intelligent
and talks up a storm.  I love him dearly.  My question is when does a bird
"slip" into sexual maturity?  He/she sits on my arm with ...

Just curious, is anyone else here noticing sluggish page loads lately?
I finally got around to updating my AV program yesterday and it
detected the Startpage.DF trojan... well, there is more to this trojan
than I anticipated! The AV program put it into the vault, so this is

help, our nice little pet is so demanding.  any time someone enters the room he/she will not stop talking/squaking.  we moved him close to the action so we could speak with him while getting ready for school, dinner.... but it makes him even more demanding.  we can't keep him out ...

What is the current purchase price for african grey parrots

My wife and I are considering getting a CAG.
It will be our first bird.
Presently we have two Dobies, a cat, a rat and a tortoise.
From what we have seen and read, we are attracted to the CAG more than any

Hi Pam,
           I managed to find some pics of my Owls and others..
http://www.geocities.com/catoni35/BirdsofPrey.html
Ray

Seeking your advice on the following.  I have a 6 month African Grey
and I will be going away for 2 weeks.  I live alone.  I have 3 options
for caring for him whilst I am gone.  Which do you think is the best
option for him?

I want to have a cockatiel and I want to be able to establish a really good
bond.  Is there a way I can get one as safely newly hatched as possible
without causing problems? I feel sometimes by the time they get to the pet
store the damage may have already been done. Am I overly ...

I've had a tiel (lutino?) which has a small bald spot. I've had it with
its male companion, and they have a good relationship.
Lately, the baldness has extended so much, that the tiel is looking like
some strange bald turkey. The underlying skin appears normal. I don't

Our runt of the clutch had a seizure wednesday, we took her to the vet and
he gave her baytril for any possible infection and diazapam for the seizures
and dextrose, she is 6 weeks old, she seemed to bounce right back and was
seemingly coming around to herself, and then this ...

I have an 8 year old Senegal, who until age 2 (puberty) was putty in
my hands, but now he is a bit of a terror.
I understand that it is NOT typical for a parrot (other species) to
bite often, and certainly not in the manner that mine does:  He clamps

Our older two tiels are both females.  Last year we ended up with a 3rd tiel
that we are now 99% sure is male.  A pearl, his voice has always been more
distinctive and vocal and the new primaries coming in are grey.  So far we
have kept them in the same cage.   They currently get ...